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heteropterous
[ het-uh-rop-ter-uhs ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
heteropterous
/ ˌhɛtəˈrɒptərəs /
adjective
- See homopterousof, relating to, or belonging to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc, in which the forewings are membranous but have leathery tips Compare homopterous
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Origin of heteropterous1
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This term may be applied to the Mesothorax in heteropterous Hemiptera, in which that part lies buried under the Prothorax.
These are the true bugs, and belong to the sub-division called Heteropterous Hemiptera.
In the Heteropterous section it is merely the vertical termination of their narrow nose.
In the Heteropterous section the three axes are evident, but the humeral plate is not easily made out.
It is remarkable only in the Coleoptera and Heteropterous Hemiptera, to which my observations upon it will be confined.
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